Hurricane season kicks off in about a month, so far they (NOAA) are calling for a "very active" season.

17 names storms
9 Hurricanes
5 Major Hurricanes

4/29/2007 1:59:25 AM

they called that bullshit last year.

4/29/2007 9:46:29 AM

there goes gas prices

4/29/2007 2:14:16 PM

nc state called it right last year

4/29/2007 2:14:51 PM

bttt

5/5/2007 8:17:06 PM

IBTL

5/5/2007 10:13:54 PM

This is the sucky, albeit original, thread.

5/5/2007 10:20:25 PM

As stated earlier some NCSU mets nailed the hurricane forecast last season. We barely had any hurricanes. I wonder if they will be spot on this year? Maybe an east coast landfall? The atlantic has been overdue for a biggie.

5/6/2007 2:31:09 AM

They say that shit every year...they really have no idea. Meterology = the only job you can be wrong most of the time at and never get fired.

I don't care though...if I want to know the weather, I'll just walk outside.

5/6/2007 1:51:17 PM

^you don't know what you're talking about. everybody knows outlooks over several months are usually wrong but in 3 day periods they are almost always right.

5/6/2007 1:56:38 PM

Well, as an example. The weather forecast yesterday for where I am today was rain and ugliness. It's most definitely blue sky and pretty! And I am not complaining!

But really, I know most of the time short term stuff is fairly accurate, especially with temperature trends and whatnot, it's just the whole 'chance of rain' vagueness that gets to me. No, really, I'm bullshitting, you guys over in Jordan do a great job. I'm leaving now.

5/6/2007 2:01:57 PM

If you knew anything about forecasting then you wouldn't be saying the played out "..only job they can be wrong and still keep...blah blah". Trust me, if a forecaster blew forecasts frequently with no sign of improvement then they wouldn't be doing it much longer. Also, forecasters keep the "chance of rain" thing in there to cover their ass.

Personally I think weather should be more about education and less about predicting the future. But that's me.

As for this hurricane season I am rather jaded after last year's overhyping and the lack of hurricane lovin' that the east coast has received recently. And yes, this thread still sucks.

5/6/2007 3:56:24 PM

so we can post in this one without getting suspended?

5/6/2007 6:29:23 PM

IBTL

5/7/2007 3:57:28 PM

First one of the year

5/9/2007 11:45:55 AM

lame

5/9/2007 12:11:50 PM

well, it's only May

5/9/2007 1:11:04 PM

^^should that even count, since its a subtropical storm? I mean isn't that closer to a Nor'easter than a Hurricane?

And I really hope we have another slow hurricane season. The last thing we need are the alarmists like Al Gore trying to show us how this is all the fault of C02.

5/9/2007 1:17:56 PM

Has the NCSU prediction come out yet?

5/9/2007 1:27:45 PM

every year i am shocked at the people that want hurricanes to hit the coast

the property damage that occurs, we all pay for it thanks to the federal government that feels that it is a good idea to insure these coastal properties

you cant rationalize the cost in lives

you people

5/9/2007 1:52:37 PM

people need to evacuate. hurricanes boost the economy

5/9/2007 1:59:53 PM

Quote :

"17 names storms 9 Hurricanes 5 Major Hurricanes"

probably more like 13 named, 7 hurricanes, 3 major, with 1 of the 7 possibly making landfall in NC

5/9/2007 2:06:13 PM

*waves from FL*

5/9/2007 2:32:29 PM

Quote :

"^^should that even count, since its a subtropical storm? I mean isn't that closer to a Nor'easter than a Hurricane? "

I don't really know. they used name # 1 so I guess we have to. techincally it is organized like a tropical storm...with min wind requirements.

5/9/2007 2:59:26 PM

weather doesn't recognize june 1 as the day it can start forming tropical systems

5/9/2007 3:38:05 PM

shit two decembers ago we were at greek letters

5/9/2007 3:53:01 PM

is a subtropical storm the same as a tropical depression?

inquiring minds want to know

5/9/2007 5:16:59 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone

5/9/2007 5:21:45 PM

^^ I think it has to do with how they're formed, but wind is wind

5/9/2007 5:28:04 PM

Quote :

"every year i am shocked at the people that want hurricanes to hit the coast"

who the hell wants hurricanes to hit the coast?

5/9/2007 5:29:36 PM

me, and I live here.

5/9/2007 5:32:36 PM

I'm really counting on a couple of tropical systems to make their way to western NC to put us back on track with rainfall.

5/9/2007 5:36:34 PM

I'd rather have the east coast than the golf.

5/9/2007 5:40:34 PM

yeah. fuck golf.

5/9/2007 5:41:11 PM

Quote :

"who the hell wants hurricanes to hit the coast?"

<----.
But this is not new information.

5/9/2007 6:28:53 PM

our state economy has been struggling. we need a good powerful 4 or huge 3 but not like floyd with the flooding but we need some good damage.

the ones that hit the gulf coast don't help the economy. they mess up the gas making thingamajigs

5/9/2007 6:49:18 PM

The only thing I like about hurricanes is that it can break long stretches of droughts we get here every once and a while during the summer. Plus I like cloudy rainy days.

5/9/2007 11:30:29 PM

6/1/2007 10:16:29 PM

talk about a place that needed it

6/1/2007 11:01:37 PM

yeah, but most of the rain is going to be on the eastern half of that track

6/1/2007 11:07:47 PM

Woot! Just need to shift the track westery a tad and we will be set.

6/2/2007 2:44:35 AM

^Get your kite it is going to be nuking tomorrow

TONIGHT
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
NEAR SHORE...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
RAIN.

SUN
SE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
8 TO 11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NEAR SHORE...
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. TSTMS...
SHOWERS.

[Edited on June 2, 2007 at 10:45 AM. Reason : winds]

6/2/2007 10:43:58 AM

A drought buster. I told ya so.

6/2/2007 8:00:20 PM

^^ I am at work today and had a wedding to attend yesterday so I am totally missing out.

6/3/2007 5:40:13 PM

It wasn't really that good for kites. Really gusty, shifty winds; not to mention the rain.

6/3/2007 7:05:32 PM

After the erroneous predictions from last season it is difficult to have faith in any prediction put forward this year.

I predict they won't even make the playoffs again.

6/4/2007 7:43:28 AM

hahaha

6/4/2007 8:56:57 AM

africa

6/10/2007 1:31:02 AM

holy wack please don't be a bermuda curler

6/10/2007 1:56:55 AM

Chantal, COME ON DAAAWN!

6/10/2007 7:41:31 AM